ChuckFlixs: 211By Chuckie VanHoose October 26, 2018Since I’ll be watching 22 July tonight I decided to watch something random last night. So I chose to watch 211 staring the one and only Nicholas Cage. The movie is loosely based on one of the bloodiest bank robberies in history. Which is glad it’s loosely based because horrible decisions were made. The only reason Cage did this movie was to get a paycheck. The whole plot of this film is that men with military training aren’t paid for a job. So they decide to rob the bank that the guy who hired them has his money in.

There is not much that I can say about this film that is positive. I can say that I laughed a little bit in this movie. But it was at dumb mistakes that characters made. The funniest moment was in a scene that they meant to be super emotional and serious.

So now it’s time to get into negatives. I honestly didn’t think that I could see a movie worse than Hurricane Heist this year. But 211 proved me wrong in that matter.

One federal agent who you think is going to have a significant role just randomly shows up at times. She added absolutely nothing to the film. At one point she is investigating a dangerous location. She goes in with no body armor, no back up and her gun in a holster and walks right in. The amount of dumb decisions that characters make is overwhelming.

At one point in the movie the leader of the robbers says you only have one minute to get all off the money. After several minutes the guy is still putting money in the bag. The script and direction of the movie was horrible.

As I mentioned earlier I laughed at a time that was suppose to be serious and emotional. Near the end of the film Nicolas Cage is suppose to give a monologue to a superior officer so it can be turning point. He is talking about what he has went through that day and what needs to be done. However his speech is like when a kid is so frustrated that they can barley speak. I had no connection to any character in this film. I didn’t care about anyone of them. Even the character that they give you a reason to be invested in doesn’t work for me.

Fav scene- Nicolas Cage is so frustrated that he can barley talk.
Least favorite scene- everything else

Rating: 1/10

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